SimplexHealth Total Hardness Test Strips (50 strips)

SimplexHealth Total Hardness test strips are perfect to test the hardness of your water, to check the performance of your water softener, for service work, classroom demonstrations, or to give to customers instead of an expensive service call. This full range test kit lets you measure hardness on a very wide range of 0ppm to 1000ppm (mg/l).

(ppm = parts per million)

The definition of water hardness is based on the amount of calcium it contains per litre:

Soft water contains less than 30mg of calcium per litre (less than 30ppm)

Moderately hard water contains between 30 and 60mg (30 to 60ppm)

Hard water between 60 and 120mg (60 to 120ppm)

Very hard water contains more than 120mg of calcium per litre (more than 120ppm)

Total Hardness test strips for water quality offer a wide range of detection and are calibrated to be both accurate and sensitive:

Simple Dip-Wait-Read Testing Method

Low cost and high accuracy

Test strips are stored in a plastic container to protect them

Ideal for quick and reliable testing of water

Accurate results are achieved less than one minute

This product is safe and easy to use since there are no chemicals to mix, an MSDS is not required

With total hardness water quality test strips you are in control and can find out exactly where your calcium level is before it becomes a problem.

Understanding your Results:

Hardness greater than 80ppm: Detergents with softening agents are not completely effective in cleaning

Hardness greater than 120ppm: Some scaling will occur in pipes and appliances

Hardness greater than 250ppm: Dishwasher impossible to use without producing film on dishes

Suitable for: fresh water samples, including water from taps, wells, springs, boreholes, ponds, as well as rain water

Please note: Store in a cool, dry place (below 32°C) and away from excess heat and direct sunlight. No MSDS required. Keep away from children and pets. Avoid contact of test areas on strips with skin & eyes, do not ingest or expose to acids.

Higher value orders may be shipped using recorded delivery or courier at no extra cost to ensure safe arrival.

*Shipments to an European Address may take as long as 4-6 working days.

**Shipments to a Rest of World address can take 14 + days to arrive, also depending on the speed of customs.

All delivery times are estimates and depend on local courier services as well as processing times through Customs.

If the country that is receiving your order has strong regulations regarding the importation of goods including nutritional supplements, SimplexHealth cannot be held responsible for any additional fees incurred by Customs and/or Quarantine scanning. We also cannot accept responsibility for items returned by Customs.

Product Reviews

Simple, logical and so very easy to use. The test kit is a very helpful product to use when occasionally checking the effectiveness of my water softener. So much so that it recently indicated that the water was too hard and after adjusting the softener it returned to its original state of agreeable softness.

5 out of 5 starsFriday 14 July, 2017By Alan

These test strips are easy to use and are definitely 100% reliable. I've been using them to test the hardness of drinking for several years and have repeat purchased them many times. I live in a motorhome and travel a small amount and have found that in some parts of Europe the water is very hard and furs up the plumbing and the hot water boiler. I have a portable water softener which needs a simple service as it's performance falls off. These strips allow me to see when it's needed. They are excellent.

During the time I've been using the strips I've also bought a few of the electronic ones. I've as of yet not found an electronic one that could give me anything like a reliable result. The three I've bought have been completely useless for my task.

4 out of 5 starsMonday 08 May, 2017By Mr Mike

Excellent tests strips. They are really quick and easy to use to tell whether your water softener is working. The only negative is that the colours are slightly blurry and make it difficult to tell the exact measurement but as a qualitative test it is clear and therefore gets 4 stars from me.

5 out of 5 starsWednesday 22 March, 2017By Mr Bedgehill

Very pleased with the product. I can confirm that the strips are easy to use & they have confirmed my belief that my water is hard.

5 out of 5 starsSaturday 04 March, 2017By Kim Teating

I find that this product is very handy for when I'm visiting potential clients and checking their water supplies before selling them a Commercial Dishwasher or Glasswasher or any other Catering appliance that has a water feed.

5 out of 5 starsSunday 26 February, 2017By Phil

I bought these to go with my new water softener. I find that they are easy to use and a good number of tests are provided to keep going. Much better than the test tube and tablet arrangement.

5 out of 5 starsMonday 02 January, 2017By Askahr

Really easy to use and you get a quick idea of the range of hardness your water falls into. These are a great value for money.

5 out of 5 starsWednesday 14 December, 2016By Jason Hess

Arrived quickly and after a few seconds you can easily determine the hardness of your water by matching the colour of the test strip against a chart which is provided. Does exactly what it says!

5 out of 5 starsThursday 24 November, 2016By PJ

I bought these strips to test the water output from a water softener to a glass washer. I am very impressed as they came quickly and work well. By using these strips it will mean that refilling the softener is now a controlled process. Where I live the mains water is very hard and the strips show the output water is very soft.

5 out of 5 starsWednesday 14 September, 2016By Sarah Ruffus

The strips are very easy to use and I think accurate enough to calibrate my water softener. Very fast delivery.

4 out of 5 starsThursday 08 September, 2016By PJ

Works well. woudl recommend

5 out of 5 starsThursday 08 September, 2016By rob

seemed to give a good indication

5 out of 5 starsSunday 21 August, 2016By Carly

Quick and easy. Work well

5 out of 5 starsTuesday 21 June, 2016By Big Al

Simple to use, accurate enough for testing my water softener and not expensive.

5 out of 5 starsWednesday 09 March, 2016By customer

The product does what is meant to do. very good seller!!thank you very much

5 out of 5 starsSaturday 05 March, 2016By Kery

Did exactly as stated .I tested my softner water easily
It required adjustment which I would not have known it needed without the Hardness test strips.

5 out of 5 starsFriday 03 January, 2014By Kat Lendacka

These Hardness test strips are easy and simple to use and give a reliable result. Just dip the test strip into your water and after a few seconds read the result. We had a softener installed and needed a test strips which we can use to regularly test its performance. Great product!

5 out of 5 starsSunday 16 October, 2011By Tommy

As a new arrival to the hobby of home brewing, and one who lives in a very hard water area, I have been looking for a quick and easy way to determine how any of the water treatment methods, designed to remove hardness perform. Waterworks Total Hardness strips have proved to be a reasonably accurate and very repeatable indication of the effectiveness of these methods, allowing me to tailor the available procedures to suit both the tap water I'm saddled with and the type of beer I wish to make.

5 out of 5 starsSaturday 17 September, 2011By JB

These test strips are very useful for determining water hardness in domestic & commercial water supplies. I have a new professional coffee maker where you can set the water hardness for the machine to lessen the scale build up, so the machine works more efficiently.
I travel a lot and it`s interesting to note the hardness ratings throughout the country.